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Declaration of compliance All ACW Atim Cloud Wireless® products comply with the regulatory requirements of the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC), article 3: 1 SAFETY (Article 3.1a of the 1999/5/EC Directive) NF EN60950-1 Ed. 2006/A1:2010/A11:2009/A12:2011 (health) EN62479: 2010 (power <20mW) or EN62311:2008 (power > 20mW) 2 Electromagnetic compatibility (Article 3.1b of the 1999/5/EC Directive)
General hazard – Failure to follow the instructions presents a risk of equipment damage. Electrical hazard – Failure to follow the instructions presents a risk of electrocution and physical injury. Direct-current symbol WARNING: do not install this equipment near any source of heat or any source of humidity. WARNING: for your safety, it is essential that this equipment be switched off and disconnected from mains power before carrying out any technical operation on it.
Prelude This user guide describes the ATIM ACW-EXT product functionalities. It explains operating, configuration and installation modes in function of different use cases. The LoRaWAN Extender has been developed in partnership with Orange to repeat LoRaWAN devices located in low network coverage sites like basements parking lots, boiler room in subsoils or industrial facilities.
Technical specifications General Dimensions 177 x 55 x 55 mm Antenna Integrated (¼ of wave) -20°C to +55°C (operating mode) Temperature -40°C to +70°C (storage) Mounts to Wall, tube, DIN-rail Casing IP 65 Weight 210 g Power supply ACW/LW8-EXT-PWR 220 V ACW/LW8-EXT-SLR Integrated solar panel Consumption...
Every ACW Product Line devices carries a QR Code located on the flank or on the front of the device. This QR Code can be easily read with any smartphone 2D reading app. QR Code reading shows the following information: • ATIM|ACW/LW8-EXT-PWR|A.0|190716|1|1.0|1.2|70B3D59BA00003A4 • ATIM|ACW/LW8-EXT-SLR|A.0|190716|1|1.0|1.2|70B3D59BA00003A4 Meaning ACW/LW8-EXT-PWR...
1. Operating mode The ACW/LW8-EXT is a LoRaWAN repeater available for ORANGE network. It allows to repeat uplink and downlink frames from linked devices. Its integration in the network is transparent as the uplink and downlink frames repeated by the smart Extender are directly available on the Orange’s Live Objects interface with the repeated devices’...
(Information not available on the Extenders monitoring Interface) o Counting of uplink and downlink frames (Information not available on the Extenders monitoring Interface) o Device Address assigned to the devices by the Extender. (Information not available on the Extenders monitoring Interface) •...
• Repeating phase If a sensor is part of an equipment list to repeat and that he realized its Join with the Extender, it is in the repeating phase. Every new uplink frame received is sent to Orange network. When the network receives a frame from the sensor and the frame from the repeater, the network server will delete the duplicate and will keep one and unique frame.
d) Live Objects Interface Live Objects Interface remains the point of interface with the sensor. It provides sensors data reading and relay information to the sensor through downlink frames. The connexion URL to the Live Object portal is: https://liveobjects.orange-business.com/#/dashboar e) Solar panel specifications The solar panel version is equipped with a battery continuously recharged by the solar panel.
On the « Park » window, select « Add an equipment ». On the Adding window, fulfill the DEV-EUI, APP-EUI and APP-KEY parameters provided by ATIM. The « Name » field is free. We advise you to keep a 1-minute period for the keep alive frame (monitoring frame) to ease the Extender parametrization.
Click on Save. When you return to the home page, the Extender is now visible and has the registered status. Start the Extender. It will switch to “Activated” state when it reached the network. Note For the solar panel version, the product must be positioned for several hours in the sun to be properly charged.
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Enter its APP-KEY: In this case of adding, the whole sensor parameters are required (DEV-EUI, APP-EUI, APP-KEY). Click on the « Add an equipment » button and enter these parameters: ATIM_ACW-LW8-EXT_UG_EN_V1.3ATIM_ACW-LW8-EXT_UG_EN_V1.3...
The new equipment is added to the equipment list and will appear « commissioning in process » on the smart Extender. This commissioning phase will take a few minutes (if the keep alive frame is set on 1-minute). The equipment is effectively registered when the state switches to « registered on the smart Extender ». If after 20 minutes or so, the equipment does still not appear as registered, we recommend you to force the deletion of the equipment and restart the operation.
Note The sensor will have to be restarted to be connected to the new network. c) On site installation of the Extender The localization of the Extender must be chosen to have a comfortable Orange network coverage to repeat that network correctly. During this phase, the keep alive frame (monitoring frame) period must be fixed at 1-minute to ease the installation.
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3. Technical Support For any information or technical issue, you can contact our technical support team through the following webpage: https://www.atim.com/en/technical-support/ ATIM_ACW-LW8-EXT_UG_EN_V1.3ATIM_ACW-LW8-EXT_UG_EN_V1.3...
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